Buckle.



No'.s41,731. PATENTEDJAN.22,1907.

D. L. SMITH, DECD.

A. 1). SMITH & J. A. PEASLEY. ADMINISTRATORS. BUCKLE; APPLICATION FILED MAY 25, 1903.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DWIGHT L. SMITH, OF WATERBURY,CONNECTICUT; ALBERT D. SMITH AND JAMES A. PEASLEY, ADMINISTRATORS OF SAID.DWIGHT L. SMITH, DECEASED, ASSIGNORS TO WAIERBURY BUCKLE COMPANY,

A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 22, 1907.

Application filed May 25,1903. Serial No. 158,588.

Toctll whom it may concern: Be it known that I, DWIGHT L. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBuckles, of which the following is a specificatlon.

My invention-relates to new and useful improvements in suspendenbuckles formed of two parts and preferably of wire and sheet metal combined.

It is the object of my invention to provide a simple, durable, and inexpensive buckle especially adapted for use upon suspenders, and so constructed that no part of it will be exposed on theunder side of the suspenderweb adjacent to the wearer, thus producing whatis commonly known as the non-rusto buckle; further, to form the buckle with an open loop portion to receive the folded end of the suspender-webafter it has been sewed down, thus ex editing the matter of assembling the severa parts, and, finally, to provide, in connection with such device, an enlargement or projection. intermediate of one side of the loop member, as will be later more fully explained.

With the above objects in view my invention resides and consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts shown upon the accompanying sheet of drawings, forming a part of this specification, upon which similar characters of reference denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several figures, and of which Figure 1 shows a pers ective view of my improved buckle as applied to a suspender web. Fi 2 is a central vertical section through t e buckle and web, as shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front view of the buckle shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the clamping-lever being thrown open. Figs. 4 and 5 are similar 0 en views of slightly-modified forms of my 11nprovement.

As before stated, my improvement is constructed of two parts of metal, a sheet-metal lever portion A, and a loop portion B, pref- The portion C repre sents the lower reach of a suspender-web, which is attached to the loop portion of the buckle, and D its upper reach, which is adjustably threaded from front to rear shape comprising a continuous straight side or upper bar f, ends 9 g, and horizontal inwardly-disposed parts forming the lower side or web-attaching bars It. An opening is formed intermediate of the two low er bars h to permit the fold X at the end of the reach C to be threaded therethrough for attachment to the loop, which is done after the web has been sewed and the loop or fold formed in its end, as shown in Fig. 2. This attachment or threading of the web is effected by first inserting one of the bars into the fold, after which t e remaining portion of the Web is crowded thereon through said opening and then drawn back over the second bar, as shown. These lower bars 'are preferably provided with projections i i, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the projections i in the form shown in Figs. 2 and 3 having theirextremities bent in opposite directions, as at i. i, said extremities lying substantially parallel with the lower bars 7t, and forming a finger-piece,

and also providing a comparatively broad projection for engaging the lower reach of the web. In Fig. 4, however, the projections '6 L merely extend at right angles to the bars h h, providing, as in Figs. 2 and 3, a finger-piece, but not having their extremities bent. These projections, as shown, are located interme diate of the longitudinal length of the loop and are disposed outward therefrom, forming means of engagement when manipulating the buckle in the adjustment ofthe web, as will be apparent from Figs. 3 and 4.

Fig. 5 shows a modified form of my invention comprising an open frame with,the projections omitted, which projections in some instances would not be necessary.

The lever A comprises two arms set at an angle to each other, one a clamping-amidesignated as land the other an operating-arm 7c, the former provided with a series of engaging teeth forming a clamping edge which engages the upper reach of the web and defleets it over, or approximately over, the upper edge or top of the lower side of the loop B, whereby the upper reach of the web is brought into, or approximately into, line with the lower reach of the web and the back of the buckle when the web is under draft as in use. Said lever is further provided with pivotal eyes m, which encircle the upper bar of the loop, making the lever rotatable with. respect to the loop. The clamping-arm of the lever, as before stated, is arranged at an angle to the operating-arm of the lever and is so proportioned and disposed as to engage the upper reach D of the web to force and hold it against the lower reach C of the web, thus exposing no part of the buckle proper on the under side.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a rustless Suspender-buckle, the combination with a loop comprising an upper bar, end portions, and a lower bar, the ends of the lower bar extending inwardly toward each other, then being rebent to project in opposite directions and lying substantially parallel with the lower bar, of a lever pivoted to the upper side of said loop and comprising a clamping-arm and an operating-arm set at an angle to each other, and a web attached to the lower side of said loop, the upper reach of said web being passed from front to rear through said loop to be engaged by the clamping-arm of said lever, whereby said web is deflected over or approximately over the top of the lower side of the loop and brought into or approximately into line with the lower reach of the web when the web is under draft as in use. 7

2. In a rustless suspendenbuckle, the combination with a loop comprising an upper bar, end portions, and a lower bar, the ends of the lower bar extending inwardly toward each other, then being rebent at a point substantially midway the length of the loop to project in opposite directions and lying substantially parallel with the lower bar, of a lever pivoted to the upper side of said loop and comprising a clamping-arm and an operatingarm set at an angle to each other, and a web attached to the lower side of said loop, the upper reach of said web being passed from front to rear through said loop to be engaged by the clampingarm of said le\ er, whereby said web is deflected over or approximately over the top of the lower side of the loop and brought into or approximately into line with the lower reach of the web when the web is under draft as in use.

3. In a rustless Suspender-buckle, the combination with a loop comprising an upper bar, end portions and a lower bar, the latter having an opening formed at a point intermediate its ends through which the suspender-web is attached to the loop, the extremities of the loop adjacent to said opening being bent in opposite directions to form a projection at the lower side of the loop, of a lever pivoted to the upper side of said loop and comprising a clamping-arm and an operatingarm set at an angle to each other, and a web attached to the lower side of said loop, the upper reach of said web being passed from front to rear through said loop to be engaged by the clamping-arm of said lever, whereby said web is deflected over or approximately over the top of the lower side of the loopand brought into or approximately into line with the lower reach of the web when the web is under draft as in use.

4. In a rustless Suspender-buckle, the combination with a loop comprising an upper bar, end portions and a lower bar, the latter having an opening formed at a point intermediate its ends through which the suspender-web is attached to the loop, the extremities of the loop adjacent to said opening being bent in opposite directions and lying substantially parallel with the lower bar of the loop to form a projection at the lower side of the loop, of a lever pivoted to the upper side of said loop andcomprising a clamping-arm and an operating-arm set at an angle to each other, and a web attached to the lower side of said loop, the upper reach of said web being'passed from front to rear through said loop to be engaged by the clamping-arm of said lever, whereby said web is deflected over or approximately over the top of the lower side of the loop and brought into or approximately into line with the lower reach of the web when the web is under draft as in use.

5. In a rustless suspender-buckle, the combination with a loop formed of wire and comprising an upper bar, end portions and a lower bar, the ends of the wire forming the lower bar being spaced from each other to provide an opening in said bar through which the suspender-web is attached to the loop, said endsextending at right angles to the loop to form a projection at the lower side of the loop, the extremities of said ends then extending in opposite directions and lying substantially parallel with the lower bar, of a lever pivoted to the upper side of said loop and comprising a clamping-arm and an operating-arm set at an angle to each other, and a web attached to the lower side of said loop, the upper reach of said web being passed from front to rear through said loop to be engaged by the clamping-arm of said lever, whereby said web is deflected over or approximately over the top of the lower side of the loop and brought into or approximately into line with the lower reach of the web when the web is under draft as in use.

6. In a rustless suspender-buckle, the combination-with a loop'formed of wire and comprising an upper bar, end portions and a lower bar, the ends of the wire forming the lower bar being spaced from each other to provide an opening in said bar through which the Suspender-web is attached to the loop, said ends being bent in opposite directions and lying substantially parallel with the lower bar of the loop to form a projection at the lower side of the loop, of a lever pivoted to the upper side of said loop and comprising a clamping-arm and anoperating-arm set at an angle to each other, and a Web attached to the lower side of said loop, the upper reach of said web being passed from front to rear through said loop to be engaged'by the clamping-arm of said lever, whereby said web is deflected -over or approximately over the top of the lower sideof the loop and brought into or approximately into line with the lower reach of the web when the web is under draft as in use.

7. In a buckle of the class described, the combination of the frame and the locking piece or lever, the latter having teeth to engage the web as explained and spaced fingers upon the frame extending inwardly toward each other and jointly adapted to secure the web as set fortl 8. The combination in a buckle, of a frame and a locking member provided with web-engaging teeth as shown, the frame having spaced fingers arranged to receive and retain a closed loop of a web and to press the web against the engaging teeth, as and for the purposes set forth.

9. The combination in a buckle, of'a frame, and a locking member pivoted thereto, as shown, the said frame having a centrally-divided locking-bar whose ends are spaced apart providing an entrance, with a web having a closed loop engaging the said lockingbar.

10. The combination in a buckle, of a locking member having loops and web-engaging teeth, as shown, and a frame having a bar journaled in the loops of the locking member and provided with spaced fingers adapted to act as a presser-bar for the teeth, as and for the purposes set forth.

11. The combination of the buckle having a locking member and a frame provided with spaced fingers, with a web having a closed loop engaging with said spaced fingers as and for the purposes set forth.

12. A web having a closed loop at its end formed by stitching as shown, in combination with a buckle having a frame member and a locking member journaled to each other, the frame member having spaced fingers which are inserted in the closed loop of the shoulder-strap and operate in connection with the said closed loop of the shoulder-strap as ex plained.

13. The combination in a buckle, of a looking member constructed substantially as shown and described, and a frame member formed of wire and having a bar with trans verse ends and spaced fingers extending in- Wardly from said transverse ends and having turned-over terminal points parallel with the bar, all constructed and adapted to operate substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

14. In a buckle of the class described, the combination of the frame and the locking piece or lever journaled to each other, the said frame member being formed of wire and having a bar with transverse ends and fingers extending inwardly from said transverse ends and having turned-over terminal points.

Signed at Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, this 22d day of May, A. D. 1903.

DWIGHT L. SMITH.

Witnesses:

MINNIE TRIPP, JULIUS MALTBY. 

